Resources
LINKS – AUSTRALIAN
Australian lesbian links
www.almas.org.au
The Australian Lesbian Medical Association (ALMA) is an association for lesbian doctors, lesbian medical students and their partners. ALMA advances the visibility of lesbian doctors and lesbian health issues.
www.bmlemonzest.org
Blue Mountains Lesbian Social Group – activities created by the community for the community.
www.connectingup.org/organisation/coalition-of-activist-lesbians
Coalition Of Activist Lesbians Australia Inc. Lesbian rights, advocacy and support. Working for lesbian rights and participation on national, state and local matters eg. health, aged care, education, housing, family law, violence against women, workplace participation, the law and more. United Nations accredited non-government organisation.
www.thewomenslibrary.org.au
The Women’s Library – Newtown
www.thepinksofa.com
For a small monthly fee, The Pink Sofa provides a quality service for lesbians genuinely looking for love and friendship.
www.feast.org.au
Feast is Adelaide’s Lesbian and Gay Cultural Festival.
www.pinkmountains.com.au
For Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer people in the Blue Mountains
docList
A list of doctors and mental health professionals recommended by lesbians and bisexual women patients all over Australia, a project of the Australian Lesbian Medical Association (ALMA).
www.acon.org.au
Aids Council of NSW (ACON) – community, health and action
www.lotl.com
Lesbians on the Loose, a monthly magazine.
www.glcsnsw.org.au
Gay and Lesbian Counselling Service of NSW – free, anonymous and confidential telephone counselling, information and referral service
www.creativewomyn.net
Creative Womyn Down Under (CWDU) develops and supports opportunities for womyn to participate in creative experiences.
www.let-it-out.com
Free service for gays and lesbians seeking share accomodation.
Other services
www.women.nsw.gov.au/
A one-stop entry point to government and community services for women in New South Wales.
loveproject.org.au
Empowering lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people to lead healthy active and more social lives.
www.isis.aust.com/rtn/
Reclaim the Night (Archived herstorical site)
www.wire.org.au
The Women’s Information Centre (Victoria) – a great resource for a wide range of women’s issues and concerns.
www.vglrl.org.au
Working to achieve equality and social justice for lesbians and gay men
www.feministagenda.org.au
Coalition for a Feminist Agenda – creating a new and fairer global agenda, with women’s voices at its centre.
www.legalwill.com.au/
A do-it-yourself online Will and Power of Attorney.
www.lawlink.nsw.gov.au/adb
NSW Anti-Discrimination Board
LINKS – INTERNATIONAL
International lesbian links
www.goldenrod.com
Goldenrod was started in 1975 as a women’s music distribution company, selling cds by artists like Holly Near, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Cris Williamson, Linda Tillery, Margie Adam and many many more.
www.lesbian.org
This is a wonderful resource and lesbian guide to the internet.
www.velvet-club.com
Connect with 1,000s of Lesbians and Bi-women in your neighbourhood and around the globe for free
www.lesbianlife.about.com
Information, resources and support for older, more mature lesbians.
www.lesbianinformationservice.org
Special focus on homophobia awareness from a multi-oppression perspective.
National resource center on LGBT aging
Established in 2010 through a federal grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the National Resource Center on LGBT Aging provides training, technical assistance and educational resources to aging providers, LGBT organizations and LGBT older adults.
www.wwwomen.com
Lesbian Internet Directory: This section of the directory is focused on websites of interest to lesbians.
www.ldate.com
lesbian dating and blogs
www.gayscape.com/menuls.html
(lesbian search engine page)
www.lesbianworld.com
Ideas, information, resources, and support.
www.oloc.org
Old Lesbians Organizing for Change (OLOC) offers old lesbians (60 and over) the opportunity to connect and network.
www.classicdykes.com
The Cybernetwork for Mid-Life and Beyond. Jammed with great info and links, personals, directories, chats.
www.lesbian.com/
Stimulates discussion on issues such as class, race, anti-semitism, age, gender and ableism.
www.gaysouthflorida.com
Free Subscription to Gay South Florida Weekly News Online. Features articles, local, regional, national news, travel and much more.
www.wowwomen.com
Messages, chat room, e-cards (some good lesbian ones)
LESBIAN HEALTH
Opening the window: A guide to lesbian health
From www.acon.org.au
“Opening the Window” is new health information resource for lesbians to promote greater self-care around general health and wellbeing.
The booklet is full of handy hints to guide lesbians through the health care maze, equipping them with information on looking for the right health care providers and a range of health issues including:
Pap tests
Breast check ups
Sexual health
HIV
Safe sex
Parenting
Alcohol, smoking and other drugs
Gambling
Relationships
Violence
Emotional/mental health
TRAVEL TIPS
Travellers’ Tips and Tales
Older lesbians are great travellers and often have funny, unusual and inspirational stories to tell about their travel adventures.
Do you have some travel tips and tales to tell that could make travelling cheaper, safer and more enjoyable for other older dykes?
To share your travel tips and tales, please send them to contact@olderdykes.org and we’ll publish them on our website. And please send a couple of your travel pics to whet our appetites!
TRAVEL TOURS
Tours and Trips
Disclaimer: these links are predominantly commercial ventures. They are not recommendations and visitors who rely on any information provided on this site do so at their own risk.
www.purpleroofs.com
A lesbian and gay key to world travel. It contains many excellent links, including one to Lesbians Click Search Engine and Web Directory.
www.journeywoman.com
An online travel resource and monthly e-newsletter just for women, based in the USA, but with lots of international resources.
www.galta.com.au
A national network of tourism professionals dedicated to the welfare and satisfaction of all gay and lesbian travellers within and to Australia.
www.sightsandsoul.com
International small group tours, outdoor adventure and women-centred activities for women only.
www.gutsywomentravel.com
Gutsy Women Travel organises small groups of locally hosted and fully escorted trips worldwide that have been professionally planned and especially designed for women.
www.hermail.net
A free international email directory that allows women travellers anywhere in the world to connect with other females who love to travel.
www.womensholidays.com
Women’s Holidays offers women only travel, tours, adventures and vacations. We’re a boutique travel company – our groups are small, intimate and fun.
TRAVEL ACCOMODATION
Accommodation
Disclaimer: these links are predominantly commercial ventures. They are not recommendations and visitors who rely on any information provided on this site do so at their own risk.
www.frauenbu.de/index2.htm
Bed and Breakfast, spare rooms and apartments in Berlin for women only.
www.turtlecove.com
In 2008, this resort in tropical North Queensland celebrated 15 years of service to lesbian and gay communities.
www.travel-quest.co.uk/bd_womenonly1.htm#gay An international site for women only hotels, guest houses and bed and breakfast accommodation.
www.womenwelcomewomen.org.uk Women Welcome Women World Wide (5W) is an organization that enables women of different nationalities, religion and sexuality to stay with one another free for short (2-day) periods. Only woman can become members of 5W, although male partners are also welcomed in many homes.
www.gayhometrade.com/index.html International Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Home Exchange
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